LIBRARY bat 

M. Knoedler & Co.| 

14 East 57th St. 
New York 


CONDITIONS OF SALE. 


1. The highest bidder to be the buyer, and if any dispute arise 
between two or more bidders, the lot so in dispute shall be imme- — 
diately put up again and re-sold. 


2. The purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay 
down a cash deposit, or the whole of the purchase-money, 2/ required, 
in default of which the lot or lots so purchased to be immediately put 
up again and re-sold. 


3. The lots to be taken away at the buyer’s expense and risk 
upon the conclusion of the sale, and the remainder of the purchase- 
money to be absolutely paid or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction 
ofthe auctioneer, on or before delivery ; in default of which, the under- 
signed will not hold himself responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, dam- 
aged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. 


4. The sale of any article is not to be set aside on account of ahy_ 
error in the description. All articles are exposed for public exhibition 
one or more days, and are sold just as they are, without recourse. 


5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the 
settlement of the purchases, no lot can, on any account, be removed 
during the sale. 


6. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money 
deposited in part payment shall be forfeited ; all lots uncleared within 
the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private sale, without 
further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale, shall 
be made good by the defaulter at this sale, together with all charges 
attending the same. This condition is without prejudice to the right 
of the auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this sale, without such 
re-sale, if he thinks fit. 

WILLIAM P. MOORE. 


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COLLECTION 


FRENCH PAINTINGS 


FORMED BY 


M. [urand- Rue 


OF PARIS 


EXHIBITION DAY AND EVENING 
BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 2D 


TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION 
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS 
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WILLIAM P. MOORE, AUCTIONEER ip 

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NOTE. 


HE pictures named in this Catalogue—the works 
of a small group of artists in France—have been 
brought to this city for the purpose of introducing to 
the notice of amateurs in America an interesting side of 
contemporary French Art. These paintings have been 
brought together by Mr. Durand-Ruel, the well-known art- 
dealer of Paris, who has always been among the foremost 
to welcome and encourage every movement by which, 
in our own time, the development of Artin France has 
been marked. 

When the painters of 1830 appeared, their talent was for 
a long time warmly disputed. Artists, critics and amateurs 
cried out against them in angry chorus, and refused to 
accept the newcomers. Inspite, however, of the violent 
attacks of which they were the object, Mr. Durand-Ruel 
persisted in his support of them, confident that in time 
his belief in their merit would come to be shared by the 
public. He was justified by the result, and those persons 
who at first were most strongly opposed to him came 
finally to be as strongly on his side. 

To-day the works of these painters have reached 
fabulous prices, and amateurs buy for more than their 
weight in gold, pictures they would hardly deign to look 
at a few years ago. The supply has failed in the market; 
all the fine canvases of Corot, Millet, Rousseau, and the 
rest, are in the galleries of well-known amateurs, and 
their owners refuse to part with them. To meet the 
demand for the work of these artists, search has been 
made, far and wide, for every vestige of their handiwork, 
and all that has been found has been seized upon with 


avidity—studies, sketches, pictures which their painters 
had themselves rejected—all are gathered up by the art- 
dealers, and eagerly bought by the public. 


This readiness on the part of the public to accept the 
most indifferently-painted pictures provided, only, that - 
they are signed with famous names, is explicable in no 
other way except on the ground that among living artists 
there are none of first-rate talent. Such is by no means 
the case. The modern French school has in its ranks 
men of the highest artistic merit—worthy successors of 
the illustrious painters who preceded them. It is these 
artists Mr. Durand-Ruel has undertaken to make known 
to the public on this side the water; they are the men 
for whom he has fought during the last ten years, and 


whom to-day he hopes to see accepted here in America. 


‘These artists, who have been called, not inappropri- 
ately, the open-air school, introduced so marked an 
individuality into their art, and showed so original a 
vein that at first sight they were misunderstood, like all 
men of genius. Amateurs accustomed to the black and 
bituminous tones of the school that is just now disappear- 
ing from the scene, have been frightened by the boldness 
of handling and the clear tones of these latest painters. 
But these new men, indifferent to the attacks made upon 
them, have resolutely pursued their way, and their efforts 
have finally succeeded in opening to the whole modern 


school the path which they should follow. 


To-day the influence of these artists of the open-air 
school upon contemporary art is no longer to be denied, 
and the people who are the most hostile to them are forced 
to recognize the fact. Some of the very men who deny 


their talent have unconsciously imitated them. 


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For nearly ten years, the painters who are here 
presented to the public have exercised an influence at 
least as great and as effective as that of Millet, of Rousseau, 
of Daubigny, of all the painters, in fact, of the school of 
Barbizon; and the best judges declare that their works 
well sustain the comparison with the pictures of those 
departed masters. 

Some of the artists of this group are still little known 
in America, although their pictures are sought for in 
France by the best amateurs and connoisseurs. Sup- 
ported by the artists and by the same amateurs of repute 
who brought about the triumph of their predecessors, 
attacked by the same people who denied the talent of the 
men of Fontainebleau, their reputation increases year by 
year, and it will not be long before their works will be as 
much sought for as those of Rousseau, of Daubigny, of 
Diaz and of Fromentin. 

An exhibition of the paintings of the new school was 
made last year in the galleries of the American Art 
Association and at the Academy of Design. The most 
distinguished amateurs of New York, the connoisseurs 
whose reputation is the best established, received these 
pictures with favor, and some among them with enthusi- 
asm. Wishing to pursue a success so well begun, M. 
Durand-Ruel has decided to offer to the public a choice 
collection of the works of these masters, hoping that 
American collectors will not wait in this instance as they 
have done in others, until the works reach fabulous prices 


before determining to secure them for their collections. 


FIRST EVENING’S SALE, 
THURSDAY, MAY sTH, 
AT EIGHT O’CLOCK. 


| I 
_Mmz, LAURA THERESA ALMA TADEMA 


After the Rain 


at 
AUGUSTE FEYEN-PERRIN 


- Sifting Grain 


3 
AUGUSTE BOULARD 


Marine 


4 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Bridge of Trouville 


(9) 


5 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


A Fair in Brittany 


6 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Mount St. Michel 


7 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Deer Hunting 


§ 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


A Beggar 


Water Color 


9 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 
Horsemen 


Water Color 


(10) 


IO 
STANISLAS LEPINE 


Quay St. Bernard 


II 
NARCGISSE BERCHERE 


Arabian Encampment 


12 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Arabian Horseman 


13 
GEORGES MICHEL 


Landscape and Cattle 


14 
ERNEST CHEROT 


The Sea by Moonlight 


(11) 


15 
HENRI LOUIS DUPRAY 


Military Manceuvres | 


16 
HENRI LOUIS DUPRAY 


An Aide-de-Camp 


17 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Cows at Pasture 


18 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Landscape and Cattle 


19 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


A Horseman 
Water Color 


(12) 


20 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


The Difficult Road 


Water Color 


at 
GEORGES MICHEL 


Landscape with Mills 


22 
MICHEL AND BROWN 


Horsemen 


23 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Hawking 


24 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Windy Weather 


(13) 


25 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


A Soldier on Horseback 


26 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


Riding Through a Forest 


27 
LORD EDWIN WEEKS 


The Declaration 


28 
CLAUDE MONET 


Landscape near Giverny 


29 
CLAUDE MONET 


Cliffs near Dieppe 


(14) 


— caUDE: MONET 
Vernon sued 


: Paces 
PIERRE DE KUYPER . 


n the Valley of Ange 


ALFRED SISLEY 


_ Grapes and Nuts 


33 
ALFRED SISLEY 
Autumn at ae le- -roy 


34 


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? a ALFRED SISLEY 
Winter at Marly-le-roy 


(15) 


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35 
MARCELIN DESBOUTINS 


The Swordsman 


36 
CAMILLE PISSARRO 


Wood Cutter 


Water Color 


ae 
CAMILLE: PISSARRKO 
Country Woman and Cow 


Water Color 


38 
CAMILLE PISSARRO 


Gathering Peas 


39 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Fox Hunting 


(16) 


40 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Piqueur a Cheval 


4 
EMILE LEVY 


An Italian Girl 


42 


EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 
/ Sunset 


43 


EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 
Fishermen near Trouville 


44 


VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 
An Oasis 


(17) 


45 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


A Yard in Algiers 


46 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Bois de Boulogne 


Pastel 


47 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 
Hunting in a Forest 


48 
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR 


An Algerian Girl 


49 
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR 
Peaches 


(18) 


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- LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


During the War 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 
The Alarm 


53 


LOUIS GESA 
Fruits 


54 ye. 
LOUIS GESA 
Fruits 


(19) 


55 
PAUL VERNON 
Fontainebleau 


56 


PAUL VERNON 
Horses near a Pond 


a7 
GEORGES BELLENGER 
Fruits 


58 


GEORGES BELLENGER 
Flowers 


59 
Mut. EVA GONZALES 


The Orphan Asylum 


(20) 


60 
MARCELIN DESBOUTINS 


A Young Mother 


pan. 
ARMAND GAUTHIER 


Still Life 


62 
VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT 


Summer 


63 
VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT 


Head of a Young Lady 


(21) 


SECOND EVENING’S SALE, 
FRIDAY, MAY 6TH, 


AT EIGHT O’CLOCK. 


64 
JEAN LOUIS FORAIN 


Group of Choristers 


Water Color 


65 
EMILE VERNIER 


St. Jean de Luz 


66 
AUGUSTE FEYEN-PERRIN 


Woman at Cancale 
(22) 


67 
PAUL VERNON 


Fontainebleau 


968 
PAUL VERNON 


Cows at Pasture 


| 69 
AUGUSTE BOULARD 
Marine 


aoe 


70 
AUGUSTE BOULARD 


An Ocean View 


71 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Trouville 
(23) 


72 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Trouville Pier 


73 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Hunting 


74 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


Horsemen 
Water Color 


75 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Gate of a Mosque 


76 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 
Ovel el Kantara 


(24) 


77 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


During the War of La enles 


[78 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


During the Directory 


79 
GEORGES BELLENGER 


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So 
NARCISSE BERCHERE 


Arabian Encampment 


SI 
GEORGES MICHEL 


- A Harbor 


(25) 


$2 
GEORGES MICHEL 


An Oak 


83 
LORD EDWIN WEEKS 
A Scene in Morocco 


84 
CLAUDE MONET 
Landscape near Giverny 


85 
CLAUDE MONET 


Valley of Nervia 


86 
CLAUDE MONET 


Cliffs near Dieppe 


(26) 


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ee 


87 
MARCELIN DESBOUTINS 


Where is Nurse? 


88 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 
Bordeaux 


89 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Windy Weather at Sea 


gO 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 
An Equestrienne 


QI 
JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


The Drill 


(27) 


92 
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR 


Fruits of the South 


93 
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR 


Lady Playing on the Piano 


94 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Colossus of Memnon 


95 
VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET 


Near the Cheliff, Algeria 


96 
EDGAR DEGAS 
Races 
Pastel 
(28) 


97 
EDGAR DEGAS 


Races 
Pastel 


98 
VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT 


Vegetable Market 


99 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


The Beach at Berck — 


I1OO 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN ’ 


The Harbor of Havre 


LOU 


JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


After the Battle. 


Water Color 


(29) 


102 


JOHN LEWIS BROWN 


The Atte: 


103 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 
Dragoons 


104 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 
During the French Revolution 


105 
ALFRED DEHODENQ 


Arrest of Charlotte Corday 


106 
ALFRED SISLEY 


View of Louveciennes 


(30) 


107 
ALFRED SISLEY 


Canal of Loing 


108 
ALFRED SISLEY 


Moret 


109 
FREDERIC AUGUSTE LAGUILHERMIE 


An Italian Woman 


LG 
peo OR PIERRE BUGUET 


The Gate of a Mosque 


IIlf 
PIERRE EMMANUEL DAMOYE 


Landscape 


(31) 


tie 
JACQUES EMILE LAFON 


The Orphans 


Lis 
CAMILLE PISSARRO 


Study of a Market 


Water Color 


114 
CAMILLE PISSARRO 


Peasant Girl and Turkeys — 


Water Color 


Tl) 
CAMILLE PISSARRO 


The Cavée of Eragny 


116 
STANISLAS LEPINE 


Moonlight 


(32) 


II7 
STANISLAS LEPINE 


Rue Cortot at Montmartre 


118 
TUUES- FERRY. 


During the Siege of Paris 


II9Q 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


Trouville Harbor 


120 
EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN 


The Meuse at Dordrecht 


I21 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


Horsemen Fighting 
Water Color 


(33) 


122 
LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT 


Dragoons 
Water Color 


ee: 
VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT 


Head of a Child 


124 
GUSTAVE MAINCENT 


Montmartre ~ 


125 
MARCELIN DESBOUTINS 


The First Steps 


(34) 


126 
MARCELIN DESBOUTINS 


Child Sitting 


127 
LEOPOLD D’ENTRAYGUES 


The Two Sisters 


(35) 


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